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Because new producers enabled by Passion Economy platforms enter the market, previous non-consumers and over-served consumers in various sectors have a wider range of choices than ever before. Consumers have the ability to choose a creator-led offering that is cheaper, more convenient, and more aligned to their preferences.

“Rather than everyone looking up to the pulpit of The New York Times, what we have much more of is individuals, people with millions of followers —like PewDiePie, who has more reach on YouTube than any brand or corporation…Nobody really knows where to look. There’s nobody at the front, and it seems like we have this cacophony of noise, and as a res... See more

These shifts are also likely to change how people work and shop far into the future and accelerate the pace of changes already underway.

Here’s what I can’t say to you in front of your face: I’m worried about the future of your maximum taste. People in my and earlier generations, at least those lucky enough to get a college education, got some exposure to the classics, which lit a fire that gets rekindled every time we sit down to read something really excellent. I worry that it’s p

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Designers become the most important leaders of this new business era (which is why we see people like John Maeda joining firms like Kleiner Perkins, and funds like the Designer Fund emerging with a focus on designer-founded businesses). The success of companies in the Interface Layer will be designer-driven, and the greatest user experience (speed

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the influence that we draw from existing work is not an analysis of pixels, but an emotional response to how that work makes us feel.